2012 Western & Southern Open | |
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Date | August 11–19 |
Edition | 111th (men) / 84th (women) |
Category | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (men) WTA Premier 5 (women) |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Mason, Ohio, United States |
Venue | Lindner Family Tennis Center |
Champions | |
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The 2012 Western and Southern Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 111th edition (for the men) and the 84th (for the women) of the Cincinnati Masters, and was part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, United States, from August 11 to August 19, 2012. Roger Federer and Li Na won the singles titles.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Stage | Men's singles[1] | Men's doubles[1] | Women's singles[2] | Women's doubles[2] |
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Champion | 1000 | 900 | ||
Runner up | 600 | 620 | ||
Semifinals | 360 | 395 | ||
Quarterfinals | 180 | 225 | ||
Round of 16 | 90 | 125 | ||
Round of 32 | 45 | 10 | 70 | 1 |
Round of 64 | 10 | – | 1 | – |
Qualifier | 25 | 30 | ||
Qualifying Finalist | 16 | 20 | ||
Qualifying 1st round | 0 | 1 |
Prize money
Stage | Men's singles[3] | Men's doubles[3] | Women's singles[3] | Women's doubles[3] |
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Champion | $535,600 | $165,860 | $385,000 | $110,000 |
Runner up | $262,610 | $81,200 | $192,000 | $55,000 |
Semifinals | $132,165 | $40,730 | $96,100 | $27,525 |
Quarterfinals | $67,205 | $20,910 | $45,750 | $13,850 |
Round of 16 | $34,900 | $10,800 | $22,060 | $7,000 |
Round of 32 | $18,400 | $5,700 | $11,300 | $3,500 |
Round of 64 | $9,935 | – | $6,100 | – |
Final round qualifying | $2,290 | $2,050 | ||
First round qualifying | $1,165 | $1,080 |
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
The following players were seeded in the main singles draw, following the ATP rankings of August 6, 2012:
Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
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Roger Federer | 1 | 1 |
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Novak Djokovic | 2 | 2 |
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Andy Murray | 4 | 3 |
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David Ferrer | 5 | 4 |
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Tomáš Berdych | 7 | 5 |
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Juan Martín del Potro | 8 | 6 |
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Janko Tipsarević | 9 | 7 |
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Juan Mónaco | 10 | 8 |
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Mardy Fish | 13 | 10 |
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Marin Čilić | 15 | 12 |
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Alexandr Dolgopolov | 16 | 13 |
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Kei Nishikori | 17 | 14 |
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Philipp Kohlschreiber | 18 | 15 |
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Andy Roddick | 20 | 16 |
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Ivan Dodig
Fabio Fognini
Jesse Levine
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Marinko Matosevic
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Lu Yen-hsun
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
Nicolás Almagro (shoulder injury)[4]
Juan Carlos Ferrero (foot injury)
John Isner (back injury)
Gaël Monfils (knee injury)
Rafael Nadal (knee injury)
Gilles Simon (shoulder injury)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (knee injury)
Fernando Verdasco (wrist injury)
Retirements
Janko Tipsarević (virus)
Nikolay Davydenko
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Max Mirnyi | ![]() |
Daniel Nestor | 2 | 1 |
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Bob Bryan | ![]() |
Mike Bryan | 6 | 2 |
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Mariusz Fyrstenberg | ![]() |
Marcin Matkowski | 13 | 3 |
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Robert Lindstedt | ![]() |
Horia Tecău | 21 | 4 |
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Leander Paes | ![]() |
Radek Štěpánek | 21 | 5 |
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Mahesh Bhupathi | ![]() |
Rohan Bopanna | 28 | 6 |
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Marcel Granollers | ![]() |
Marc López | 33 | 7 |
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Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | ![]() |
Jean-Julien Rojer | 33 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of August 6, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
Juan Mónaco (toe injury)
Janko Tipsarević (virus)
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
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Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 1 |
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Serena Williams | 4 | 2 |
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Samantha Stosur | 5 | 3 |
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Petra Kvitová | 6 | 4 |
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Angelique Kerber | 7 | 5 |
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Caroline Wozniacki | 8 | 6 |
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Sara Errani | 9 | 7 |
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Marion Bartoli | 10 | 8 |
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Li Na | 11 | 9 |
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Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 11 |
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Maria Kirilenko | 14 | 12 |
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Jelena Janković | 18 | 13 |
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Francesca Schiavone | 21 | 14 |
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Nadia Petrova | 22 | 15 |
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Lucie Šafářová | 23 | 16 |
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 24 | 17 |
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Akgul Amanmuradova
Kiki Bertens
Eleni Daniilidou
Casey Dellacqua
Andrea Hlaváčková
Sesil Karatantcheva
Madison Keys
Vania King
Johanna Larsson
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Urszula Radwańska
Yaroslava Shvedova
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
Ana Ivanovic (right foot injury)
Kaia Kanepi (achilles heel injury) [4]
Svetlana Kuznetsova (knee injury) [4]
Sabine Lisicki (left abdominal sprain)
Monica Niculescu (hand injury) [4]
Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury) [4]
Andrea Petkovic (knee injury) [4]
Maria Sharapova (stomach virus) [4]
Vera Zvonareva (illness) [4]
Retirements
Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)
Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness)
Tamira Paszek (migraine)
Nadia Petrova (dizziness)
Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Liezel Huber | ![]() |
Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 |
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Sara Errani | ![]() |
Roberta Vinci | 7 | 2 |
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Vania King | ![]() |
Yaroslava Shvedova | 11 | 3 |
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Maria Kirilenko | ![]() |
Nadia Petrova | 16 | 4 |
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Andrea Hlaváčková | ![]() |
Lucie Hradecká | 18 | 5 |
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Nuria Llagostera Vives | ![]() |
María José Martínez Sánchez | 37 | 6 |
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Raquel Kops-Jones | ![]() |
Abigail Spears | 39 | 7 |
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Katarina Srebotnik | ![]() |
Zheng Jie | 41 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of August 6, 2012
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
Nadia Petrova (dizziness)
Yaroslava Shvedova (heat illness)
Retirements
Dominika Cibulková (right elbow injury)
Peng Shuai (right shoulder injury)
Finals
Men's singles
Roger Federer defeated
Novak Djokovic, 6–0, 7–6(9–7)
- It was Roger Federer's 5th title in Cincinnati making him the only player in history ever to win this tournament five times. Federer won the event without dropping serve throughout the tournament.[5]
Women's singles
Li Na defeated
Angelique Kerber, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
- It was Li Na's first title of the year and sixth of her career.
Men's doubles
Robert Lindstedt /
Horia Tecău defeated
Mahesh Bhupathi /
Rohan Bopanna, 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková /
Lucie Hradecká defeated
Katarina Srebotnik /
Zheng Jie, 6–1, 6–3
References
- ^ a b "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b "WTA Tour rules" (PDF). wtatour.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Prize Money internazionali BNL d'Itlaia 2012". internazionalibnlditalia.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Field Getting Finalized Ahead of Opening Weekend". cincytennis. 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Roger Federer Setting New Standards in Record Fifth Cincinnati Title". 19 August 2012.